An exploration of pizza in and around Rochester, NY, one pizzeria at a time

Friday, November 30, 2012

Free food, from The Pizza Stop in Rochester

Rochester's dean of New York style pizza, The Pizza Stop, has graciously donated two $30 gift cards for lucky readers of The Rochester NY Pizza Blog. The first card, for the Greece location of The Pizza Stop on Ridgeway Avenue, was won last week. The second, for the original downtown location, is up for grabs this time.
All you need to do to be eligible to win is to leave a comment after this blog post, along with some identifying information. I'd prefer a comment about The Pizza Stop, or at least about pizza in general. But any comment will do.
Next Friday, December 7, shortly after noon, I'll select a winner using random.org. Multiple entries by the same person will be ignored, so everybody will have an equal chance to win.
If you win, I will need a way to get the gift card to you, so either include an email address in your post (so I can get in touch with you if you win), or send me an email with your mailing address at rochesternypizzaguy@gmail.com. You can wait to see if you've won before sending me your mailing address.
If you win, you can of course use this card for yourself - it's good for about two large cheese pizzas - or give it as a gift to someone else (tough to do, but you'll save some money on your Christmas shopping), or split the difference and invite friends over for a holiday pizza party. I don't give away your email address or anything like that, so unless you don't want a chance at some of the best New York style pizza to be found this side of the Bronx, for free, leave a comment now!

Heading down to the State Street Pizza Stop tonight to pick-up dinner for my crew and another family that is coming over for dinner. Introduced my buddy that's coming over tonight to Pizza Stop about 2 months ago and he's been a hardcore fan ever since. Best. Pizza. In. Town.

Pizza Stop lives up to the hype. I grew up near Albany where NY-style pizza (of varying quality) can be found just about everywhere, so Rochester's pizza tastes have some something of an adjustment for me over the ten years I've lived here. Pizza Stop's pizza reminds me a lot of Pope Pizza in Saratoga Springs, and that's a very good thing.

Ratings Guide

A: great; one of the best this area has to offerB: pretty good; not top-notch, but definitely good, and better than averageC: OK; nothing special, but it’ll do; typical for our areaD: edible; if you’ve already paid for it, you might as well eat itF: downright bad; toss it and get something else